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march 16, 2019 - Kawasaki Racing

Kawasaki: Rea Second In First Thai Race

Press release available only in original language. 

Kawasaki #racing Team rider #jonathanrea took a determined second place in the first race at the #changinternationalcircuit as his team-mate #leonhaslam scored a fifth place finish and secured valuable championship points.

Jonathan Rea led for eight laps around the 4.554km long #changinternationalcircuit in the first race of the weekend until he wasfinally overtaken by race-winner Alvaro Bautista. Rea tried hard to stay in contention for his first race win of the season, but ended up with a strong second place finish for his efforts; his fourth in four races.

Rea gave it his all for the majority of the 20-lap race but realised he could not retake the lead in the final part, easing up to make sure he took away as many points as possible.

On his return to action at the Chang circuit, after a few season of #racing in BSB, Leon Haslam finished up fifth in race one, holding o determined Marco Melandri in a man-to-man tussle. Haslam was 0.127 ahead of his Italian rival at the end of the race, even after allowing for issues that Leon experienced under braking.

Earlier in the day Rea had qualified second on the starting grid after the 25-munute Superpole contest while Haslam was fifth on the grid.

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